Job 3:6 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

English ASV

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

English Amplified

As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English EASY 2024

Remove that night completely! It should no longer be a date among the days of the year. Remove that day from the months of the year.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I wish the darkness had carried away that night, that it was left off the calendar and not included in any of the months.

That night- let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Blot that night out of the year, and never let it be counted again;

English God's Word - GW 1995

"That night— let the blackness take it away. Let it not be included in the days of the year or be numbered among the months.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.

English KJV 1611

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

English LSB

As for that night, let thick darkness take it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

As for that night, let darkness capture it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

May obscurity seize that day; let it not occur among the days of the year, nor enter into the count of the months!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

That night — let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

May deep darkness take over the night I was born. May it not be included among the days of the year. May it never appear in any of the months.

English NIV

That night-may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.

English NKJ 1982

As for that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year, May it not come into the number of the months.

English NLT

Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

That night-- let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

That night—let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

May it be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the month of that year.

English Tyndale 1537

Let the dark storm overcome that(the) night, let it not be reckoned among the days of the year, nor counted in the months.